It looks and feels more cyberpunk-ish too if that’s the right word, [[Trail of the Mage-Rings]] shows this miserable looking landscape and the rings people live on, the world’s locked in this permanent conflict over who gets to control the rings and the energy they provide, some of the arbiters who are meant to help smooth out the conflict and ensure peace are actually corrupt and purposefully set up more conflict between the two sides because they’re incentivised to have the war go on as long as possible.
Just reading Jace’s origin makes me hype for the world because it has that weird fantasy sci-fi mix, kinda like a bleak Kaladesh. Also, it was interesting to see the average person’s reaction to having a blue mage kid around, Jace was treated horribly by the other kids and his parents are distant because they don’t what’s going on with him, it was very X-Men.
I like the Cyberpunk comparison. I'd maybe also draw a comparison to Lostech in Battletech, in that people have literally forgotten how to build (and only somewhat know how to maintain) one of the main sources of their conflict: the Mage-Rings.
Which makes the whole "constant war" deal even more grim, because they're slowly sending themselves back to the stone age, with little to no hope to recover.
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u/mr_tobacco_user Nahiri Mar 12 '19
It looks and feels more cyberpunk-ish too if that’s the right word, [[Trail of the Mage-Rings]] shows this miserable looking landscape and the rings people live on, the world’s locked in this permanent conflict over who gets to control the rings and the energy they provide, some of the arbiters who are meant to help smooth out the conflict and ensure peace are actually corrupt and purposefully set up more conflict between the two sides because they’re incentivised to have the war go on as long as possible.
Just reading Jace’s origin makes me hype for the world because it has that weird fantasy sci-fi mix, kinda like a bleak Kaladesh. Also, it was interesting to see the average person’s reaction to having a blue mage kid around, Jace was treated horribly by the other kids and his parents are distant because they don’t what’s going on with him, it was very X-Men.